In "Hamadi," why is Susan's friend Tracy upset? * Another girl is competing with her for the attention of a boy. Her grades have
dropped because of her extracurricular activities. She secretly finds Gibran's poetry boring but is afraid to tell Susan. Her parents are urging her to quit the school's literary magazine.
E. Washington is clearly stating a metaphoric phrase. It is not literal, it is merely to picture an idea of what he's thinking. Sort of as a fierce exaggeration.
